Tone: [C]
[Intro]
[C] [F]
[Verse]
[C]It was a cold and wet D[F]December day
[C]When we touched the ground at J[F]JFK
[C]Snow was meltin[F]melting on the ground
[C] [F] [C] [F] [F]
On BLS I heard the sound, of an angel
[C]New York, like a[F]a Christmas tree
[C] [F] [C] [F] [F]
Tonight this city belongs to me, Angel
[Chorusi] (change to a normal F)
[F]Soul l[G]love...this love won't let me[F]me go
So long...[G]angel of[C] Harl[F]em [(x4)]
[C]Birdland on fifty-thr[F]fifty-three
[C]The street sounds like a [F]symphony
[C]We got John Coltrane and [F]a love supreme
[C] [F] [C] [F] [F]
Miles says she's got to be an angel
[C]Lady Day got diamon[F]diamond eyes
[C] [F] [C] [F] [F]
She sees the truth behind the lies, Angel
[Chorusii] (change to a normal F)
[Break] (change to normal chords)
[Am]Oooh, o[G]oooh….oooh,[F]ooh….oooh, aaahh aaaaahhh
Am G F (1 strum & stop)
She says it's heart...heart and soul...
Pause 2-3-4
Yeah yeah...([C]yeah...(yeah) [F] [x4]
[C]Blue light on the av[F]avenue
[C]God knows they got t[F]to you
[C]An empty glass, the l[F]lady sings
[C]Eyes swollen like a b[F]bee sting
[C]Blinded you lost [F]your way
[C]Through the side streets and the [F]alleyway
[C]Like a star exploding [F]in the night
[C]Falling to the city in b[F]broad daylight
[Break] (change to normal chords)
An ang[F]angel in Devil's shoes
[G]Salvation in the blues
You never looked like an a[F]angel
Yeah yeah.[G]yeah...angel of [C]Harle[F]Harlem [x4]